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4th district to be bounded easterly by the third district, north by Gardiner's bay, west by Three Mile Harbor, south- erly by a line running southeasterly from the house of David Lester, Jr., (including said house) to intersect the western line of the 3d district at the distance of one mile and a half north of the house of Jeremiah Dayton. (Crossed.)
5th district to be bounded easterly by Three Mile Harbor and the road running from David Lester, Jr's., to round
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swamp, south by a direct line from said swamp to the head of Northwest creek, west by Northwest creek, north by Gardiner's bay.
6th district to be bounded east by the 3d district, north by the 4th and 5th districts, westerly by a direct line from the head of Northwest creek to the end of the long lane, souther- ly, by a line running through the middle of long lane and Newtown lane, to the house of Harvey Conklin (including said house) and from thence southerly to the sea.
7th district to be bounded east and north by the 6th dis- trict, west by a direct line running southerly from the head of Northwest creek to the Tan creek, and from thence to the sea, south by the sea.
Sth district to be bounded east by the 7th district, north by the 7th district, north by a part of the 11th district of South- ampton, west by the Southampton line, south by the sea.
EBENEZER PHILLIPS, ABEL HUNTINGTON, ABRAHAM M. SMITH. Commissioners of Common Schools.
Marks 75 .- Abraham M. Smith enters for his ear mark a crop on each ear and a nick on the under side of the right ear. Recorded the 24th day of December, 1813, by
ABRAHAM MILLER, Town Clerk.
David Baker enters for his ear mark an ell on the under side of each ear, and a crop on each ear. Recorded the 22d day of January, 1814, by
ABRAHAM MILLER, Town Clerk.
Mulford Parsons enters for his ear mark an ell on the up- per side of the right ear, and the said ell cropped off, or what is generally called a cropped ell on the upper side of the right ear. Recorded the 9th day of February, 1814, by
ABRAHAM MILLER, Town Clerk.
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Voted by the proprietors of Montauk that the trustees shall have full power and authority to transact the business of Montauk in behalf of the said proprietors, from this day until our next unnual town meeting, as usual.
At a meeting of the Commissioners of common schools for the town of East-Hampton, held on the 1st day of April, 1814.
Resolved, That for the better accommodation of the inhabi- tants, the following alteration be made in the sixth and sev- enth school districts :
The sixth district to be bounded southerly by a line run- ning southeasterly from the east end of Long Lane four rods south of Newtown Lane, and between the houses of Jonathan Fithian and Jonathan Conklin, to the house of Hervey Conklin.
EBENEZER PHILLIPS, ABEL HUNTINGTON, ABRAHAM M. SMITH. Commissioners of Common Schools.
At an annual town meeting held at the meeting house in East-Hampton, on Tuesday, the 5th day of April, 1814, the town officers were chosen, and the votes or town laws passed as follows :
Abraham Parsons was chosen Town Clerk.
Jonathan Dayton, supervisor.
James Hand, Jacob Schellinger, David Talmage, Jr., Sam- uel Miller, Abraham Parsons, assessors.
Miller Dayton, Samuel Miller, Solon Parsons, commissioners of highways.
Jonathan Tuthill, Isaac Wickham, overseers of the poor.
Merry Parsons, Jr., Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., constables.
Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., collector, to pay £10-17.
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Edward Mulford, William Mulford, Isaac Barns, Jacob Schellinger, Isaac Edwards, David Talmage, Jr., Jeremiah Bennet, Jr., John Terry, Bethuel Edwards, Elisha Osborn, Jr., John Mulford, John Stratton, John Hedges, Jeremiah Hunting, fence viewers.
Abraham Parsons, David Baker, Mulford Parsons, pound masters.
Hunting Miller, Jeremiah Osborn, Josiah Dayton, John Stratton, Isaac Wickham, Joseph Edwards, Stafford Hedges, Jonathan B. Mulford, Thomas Edwards, Talmage Strong, Jonathan Schellinger, Miller Dayton, trustees,
Samuel Edwards, Mulford Hand, Wilson Gardiner, Timothy Miller, David NanScoy, Cornelius Sleight, Zephaniah Hedges, John Miller, John S. Mulford, Jonathan B. Tuthill, overseers of highways.
Josiah Mulford, Jr., Jonathan Barns, Jr., Talmage Barns, Napeague pounders.
Jonathan Fithian, Jr., Samuel Stratton, John M. Isaacs, Richard Lester, Lebbeus King, sheep and swine pounders.
Joseph Osborn, Jr., Henry P. Osborn, Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., Joseph Hicks, beach pounders.
Voted 1st. That the sum of five hundred dollars be raised for the support of the poor of this town for the year ensuing.
2d. That this town will raise, by a tax, a sum equal to the sum allotted to this town of the common school fund, and the supervisor of this town is hereby directed to levy on this town, at the next meeting of the board of supervisors, the sum required by the act entitled an act for the support of common schools, passed the 19th day of June, 1812, to en- title this town to its proportion of interest of said fund to be distributed.
Ebenezer Phillips, Abel Huntington and Abraham M. Smith were chosen commissioners of schools, and David Hedges, Jr., Edward Mulford, Mulford Hand, Solon Parsons,
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David VanScoy and Elisha Conkling were chosen Inspectors of schools.
3d. That the trustees hire out the pews in the meeting house, and appropriate the avails thereof towards paying Mr. Phillips' salary.
4th. That if any person or persons shall keep any flock of sheep or suffer their sheep to be on the commons of this town after the twentieth day of this month until the twentieth day of March next (without having a shepherd with them who shall be approved of by the trustees) all such sheep shall be liable to be liable to be impounded, and the owner or owners of all such sheep shall pay one shilling for each sheep so im- pounded, Wainscott flock excepted, and they to be under the care of a shepherd to be approved of by the trustees of this town.
5th. That all horses and neat cattle that shall be found grazing or running at large on Napeague, or on the beach on the south side from the hither end of Montauk to the western . bounds of this town, at any time between the sixth day of May and the twelfth of September next, ensuing, shall be liable to be impounded, the owner or owners to pay fifty cents for each horse or neat beast so impounded.
6th. That all the meadow grass between Indian well and the foot of highland, be hired out for one year, to mow but not to be pastured, and also the meadow grass at Georgica, and hired out as follows :
Eastermost lot No. 6 to Capt. Jonathan Barns 0 16
0
No. 5 to Capt. Jonathan Barns
0 16 0
No. 4 to Abraham Huntting
0 17 0
No. 3 to Abraham Huntting
0 16 0
No. 2 to David Edwards 2 No. 1 to Reuben Hedges 1 14 0)
15
6
Lot eastward of the above to Capt. Jonathan Barns 0
12 0
Meadow at Georgica to Isaac Dimon 0 16 0
£9 2 6
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7th. That application be made to his Excellency, the Gov- ernor, for a military force to guard this town, and that the trustees of this town be directed to make said application.
Sth. That the trustees be authorized to make an index to the records of this town, or transcribe them in order that they may be rendered more legible, and of easier comprehension.
9th. That the commissioners of highways be authorized to stake out the highway leading from the house of David Day- ton to the port of Sag-Harbor, to the width of four rods,
Adjourned to the first Tuesday in April, 1$15, to 12 o'clock Meridian.
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Marks 76 .- Henry Loper enters for his ear mark a square U on the left ear. Recorded the 25th day of April, 1S14, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Book G, page 220 .- SUFFOLK COUNTY SS :
I, Abraham Miller, one of the judges of the Court of com- mon pleas, in and for the said county, do hereby certify that Isaac Plato, a black man of East-Hampton, in the county aforesaid, aged about forty-seven years, and about five feet nine inches high, hath exhibited satisfactory proof to me, that he was born free and that he is now a free man, according to the laws of this State.
ABRAHAM MILLER.
East-Hampton, 26th of April, 1814.
Recorded the 26th day of April, 1814, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Marks 76 .- Jeremiah Terry enters for his ear mark an ell on the upper side of each ear and a half penny under each ear and intends using it in lieu of the one which stands recorded
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to him the 30th day of May, 1805. Recorded the 26th day of May, 1314, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Abraham Parsons enters for his ear mark a half penny on the upper side of each ear and a half penny under the left, which his father, Henry Parsons, gave to him, which stands recorded to him on this book, April 3d, 1776. Recorded the 7th day of June, 1814, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
At a meeting of the commissioners of highways of this town held on the 21st day of Sept. 1814, it was agreed by them that the highways in said town should be divided into the following districts, viz :
The eastern or first district bounded westerly by Capt. Ezekiel Mulford's,-on the south and Jonathan Edwards on the north side.
2d district to be bounded easterly by the first, westerly by Three Mile Harbor, southerly, by the corner of Capt. Jere- miah Osborn's land, a little to the southward of Kingstown, running from thence to the head of Three Mile Harbor.
3d district to be bounded eastwardly, by the second, west- erly, by the head of Northwest swamp, southerly, by a line running from the head of Three Mile Harbor to Long Hill, Powder Hill, and thence to the head of Northwest swamp.
4th district to be bounded eastwardly, by the first, norther- ly, by the second and third, westerly, by the dwelling houses of William Huntting and Joseph Osborn.
5th district to be bounded by the third and fourth, westerly by a line running from Seth Barnes' dwelling house to the slough on Sag-Harbor road, northwardly, by a line running from the said slough to the head of North West swamp.
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6th district to be bounded eastwardly by the fifth, westerly by a line running from the Tan Creek to the junction of Sag- Harbor and Buck's Kill roads.
7th district to be bounded eastwardly by the fifth and sixth Southampton line, northerly by a line running from the slough on Sag-Harbor road, and westerly by the Southamp- ton line.
Sth district to be bounded eastwardly by the third, wester- ly by the Southampton line, southwardly by the fifth and seventh districts.
SOLON PARSONS, MILLER DAYTON, SAMUEL MILLER. Commissioners of highways.
(Note later.)-The aforegoing districts are made void, and a new record made of the highway districts and recorded towards the last end of this bock
East-Hampeon, March 18th, 1833.
SAMUEL MILLER, JONATHAN H. STRATTON, WILLIAM D. PARSONS. Commissioners of highways.
Marks :6 .- Joseph Barnes enters for his ear mark a cropped ell over the right ear, and a slope under the left ear, and also for another mark an ell over the right ear and a slope under the left ear. Recorded the 2d day of Dec. 1814, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Charles Payne entereth for his ear mark a square crop and slit on the left ear, and a square crop and half penny under the right ear. Recorded the 27th of December, 1814, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
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Marks 77 .- Benjamin Parsons enters for his ear mark a crop on each ear and a slit in the left ear. Recorded the 9th of January 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Mulford Parsons enters for his ear mark a crop on the right ear and a half penny under the same, and a half penny on on the upper side of the left ear, which he says he bought of David VanScoy. Recorded the 23d of March, 1815, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
William Mulford enters for his ear mark a half penny under the right ear, and an ell under the left ear which his father, William Mulford, deceased, used in his life time. Recorded the 23d of March, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Thomas Mulford enters for his ear mark a half penny under the left ear and an ell under the right ear. Recorded the 28th of March, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
David VanScoy enters for his ear mark a square crop on each ear and an ell over the right ear. Recorded the 4th day of April, 1315, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Marks 7S .- Sineus C. Miller enters for his ear mark a square crop on each ear, and a half penny under the left, which was formerly used by his father, Timothy Miller, de- ceased. Recorded the 4th day of April, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
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RECORDS : TOWN OF EAST-HAMPTON.
Marks 36 .- At an annual town meeting held at the meeting house in East-Hampton on Tuesday, the 4th day of April, 1815, the town officers were chosen, and the votes or town laws passed, as follows :
Abraham Parsons was chosen Town Clerk.
Supervisor, Jonathan Dayton.
Page 352 .- Assessors .- Samuel Miller, James Hand, Jona- than S. Conklin, David Talmage, Abraham Parsons.
Commissioners of highways, Solon Parsons, Samuel Miller, Jeremiah Huntting.
Overseers of the poor, Jonathan Tuthill, Isaac Wickham. Constables, Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., Merry Parsons, Jr.
Collector, Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., to pay £22-S-0.
Trustees, Jonathan Dayton, Samuel Miller, David Talmage, Jonathan Mulford, Jr., Samuel Parsons, Isaac B. Miller, Isaac Barnes, David Hedges, Jr., Elisha Conklin, Ananias Baker, Edward Mulford, Jonathan H. Stratton.
Overseers of highways, John Parsons, Jr., Nathaniel Hand, Jr., Elisha Osborn, Henry P. Osborn, Sineus C. Miller, Burnet Conklin, Joseph Dimon, Jacob Hedges, Jr., David VanScoy, David Terbel, Jr.
Fence viewers, Isaac B. Miller, Elisha Osborn, Jr., James Hand, Daniel Baker, Jr., Abraham Osborn, Solon Parsors, Jonathan B. Mulford, Talmage Jones, Isaac Barnes, John Stratton, Abraham Huntting, David H. Miller.
Commissioners of common schools, Jonathan S. Conklin, David Hedges, Jr., Abraham M. Smith.
Inspectors of common schools, Ebenezer Phillips, Solon Parsons, Edward Mulford, Abel Huntington, Nathaniel Dom- iny, David VanScoy.
Pound masters, Abraham Parsons, Jr., David Baker, David Talmage.
Napeague pounders, David Edwards, Jeremiah Dayton, Jr.
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Sheep and swine pounders, Henry P. Osborn, Henry Schellinger, Edward Bennet, Jr., Abraham Huntting, Jere- miah W. Gardiner, Joseph Hicks, Henry Bennett, Thomas Baker.
Beach pounders, Nathaniel Baker, Jeremiah Dayton, Enoch Fithian, Thomas Edwards.
Voted 1st. That the sum of six hundred dollars be raised for the support of the poor of this town for the year ensuing.
2d That this town will raise, by a tax, a sum equal to the sum allotted to this town of the common school fund, and that the supervisor of this town be hereby directed to levy on this town at the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the sum required by the act entitled an act for the support of common schools, passed the 19th day of June, 1812, to entitle this town to its proportion of the interest of said fund to be distributed.
3d. That the trustees hire out the pews in the meeting house and appropriate the avails of which, towards the pay- ment of the salary of Mr. Phillips.
4th. That if any person or persons shall keep any flock of sheep or suffer their sheep to be on the commons of this town after the twentieth day of this month until the twentieth day of March next, all such sheep shall be liable to be impounded, and the owner or owners of all such sheep shall pay one shil- ling for each sheep so impounded ; Wainscott flock excepted, and that to be under the care of a shepherd to beapproved of by the trustees of this town.
5th. That all horses and neat cattle that shall be found grazing or running at large on Napeague or on the beach on the south side from the hither end on Montauk, to the west- ern bounds of this town at any time between the sixth day of May and the twelfth day of September next ensuing, shall be liable to be impounded, the owner or owners to pay fifty cents for each horse or neat beast so impounded.
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6th. That if any person or persons shall cart with any one or more teams more than two loads of sea weed or sea drift from the beach in this town called Long Beach, at Three Mile Harbor, on any one day, and those be carted between sunrise and sunset, he, she or they so offending shall forfeit the sum of five dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit, in any court having cognizance of the same, the one half of which forfeitures, when recovered, to be applied to the use of the poor of this town, the other half to the person who shall prosecute for the same.
7th. That all the meadow grass between Indian well and the foot of highlands for one year to mow and not to be pastured, to be hired out, and also the meadow grass at Georgica on six months credit.
Eastermost lot No. 6 to David Baker ££0 1S 0
5 to Burnet Conklin
1
0
6
4 to Nathaniel Huntting
1
16
0
3 to Abraham Huntting
1 12
6
2 to David Edwards
1
15
6
1 to Henry Babcock
3
0
0
Lot eastward of above to Samuel Schellinger
0
17 6
Meadow grass at Georgica to Jeremiah Talmage
0
13 0
£11 13 0
Adjourned to meet again on the first Tuesday in April, 1816, at 12 o'clock, noon.
Voted by the proprietors of Montauk that the trustees shall have full power and authority to transact the business of said Montauk in behalf of the said proprietors, from this day un- til our next annual town meeting, as usual.
Marks 78 .- Abraham Sherril enters for his son Stephen Sherril, the following ear mark, viz : a square crop on the
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right ear and a nick under the left ear. Recorded the 14th day of April, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Jacob Schellinger enters for his ear mark a half penny over the left ear which his father, Jonathan Schellinger, deceased, used in his life time. Recorded the 25th day of April, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Jacob Schellinger enters for his son Jacob Schellinger, Jr.'s car mark a half penny over the left ear and a nick under the right ear. Recorded the 25th day of April, 1815, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
David Hedges, Jr .. enters for his ear mark a hole in the left ear. Recorded May 22d, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Marks 79 .- Jeremiah Bennett, Jr., enters for his son Jeremiah P. Bennett, the following ear mark, viz: a half penny the upper and under side of the right ear and an ell under the left, cropped off, or what is usually called a cropped ell. Recorded the 29th day of May, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Dering Ranger enters for his son, Stephen Ranger, the following ear mark, viz : a half penny under and over the right ear, a cropped ell off the left ear and a half penny under the same. Recorded the 29th day of May, 1815, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Deacon David Talmage enters for his son, Baldwin C. Talmage, the following ear mark, viz : a crop off the right
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ear and an ell on the upper side of the same, and a slit in the left ear. Recorded the 30th day of May, 1815, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Joseph Miller, Jr., enters for his ear mark an ell the upper side of the left ear cropped off, or what is usually called a cropped ell the upper side of the left ear. Recorded the 18th day of June, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Nathaniel Dominy enters for his ear mark a crop off the left ear, and a slit in the same ear, and a slit in the right. Recorded the Sth day of November, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Marks 80 .- Jeremiah King enters for his ear mark a crop of each ear and a half penny the upper side of the right ear, and a hole in the left. Recorded the Sth of November, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
James Sandford, of Bridge-Hampton, enters for his ear mark a slope over the right ear, which was bought of Capt. William Rogers. Recorded the 23d of December, 1815, by ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Sylvanus Sandford, of Bridge-Hampton, enters for his ear mark an ell under the left ear, and a slope under the right ear which was formerly used by his father, deceased. Re- corded the 23d of December, 1815, by
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Johr. P. Osborn, of the town of Southampton, enters for his ear mark a crop off each ear and an ell over the left ear. Recorded the 1st day of April, [816, b;
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
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Book G, page 166 .- I, Abraham Osborn, Jr., of East- Hampton, in the County of Suffolk and State of New-York, do hereby certify that a male child named Simeon Rugg, was born on the sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and that the mother of the said Simeon is held as a slave by me, Abraham Osborn, jr.
I certify the above certificate to be a true copy of the orig- nal certificate signed by Abraham Osborn, Jr.
ABRAHAM PARSONS, Town Clerk.
Book H, page 38 .- At annual town meeting held ta the meeting house in East-Hampton, Tuesday, the 2d day of April, 1816, the town officers were chosen, and the votes and town laws were passed, as follows :
Abraham Parsons was chosen Town Clerk.
Jonathan S. Conklin was chosen supervisor.
David Talmage, Jonathan S. Conklin, James Hand, Isaac Barnes, Abraham Parsons, were chosen assessors.
Samuel Miller, David Sherril, David Talmage commission- ers of highways.
Jonathan Tuthill, Isaac Wickham, overseers of poor.
Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., Merry Parsons, Jr., constables.
Jonathan Tuthill, collector, to pay £22-0-0.
Abraham M. Smith, Miller Dayton, Nathaniel Hand, Jr. Josiah Dayton, Isaac Edwards, Jeremiah Osborn, Joseph Barnes, David Baker, Huntting Miller, Jeremiah Huntting, Stephen Hedges, Zephaniah Hedges, trustees.
Samuel Schellinger, Eleazer Hand, Ellis Parsons, Ananias Baker, Abraham Osborn, Jr., James Edwards, David H. Mil- ler, David Russell, John Dimon, Elihue Edwards, Jonathan Mulford, overseers of highways.
Abraham Osborn, Jonathan H. Stratton, Talmage Jones
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Philetus Osborn, John Stratton, David Talmage, Stephen Hedges, Jr., Joseph Barnes, Ananias Baker. Talmage Strong, Miller Dayton, Timothy Miller, fence viewers.
Abraham Parsons, Jr., David Baker, David Talmage, pound masters.
Thomas Osborn, Joseph Hicks, Daniel Baker Napeague pounders.
Jonathan S. Conklin, David Hedges, Jr., Abraham Parsons, commissioners of common schools.
Stephen Hedges, Nathan Hedges, Philetus Osborn, Stephen HIedges, Jr., Sherry Conklin, Jeremiah Dayton, Jr., Jeremiah W. Gardiner, Miller Dayton, Ananias Baker, John Miller, Enoch Fithian, Samuel Osborn, beach pounders.
Ebenezer Phillips, Abel Huntington, David Van Scoy, Nathaniel Dominy, Samuel Mulford, David Talmage inspec- tors of common schools.
Voted 1st. That the sum of six hundred dollars be raised for the support of the poor of the town for the year ensuing.
2d. That the pews in the meeting house be hired out and the avails of which be appropriated for the payment of Mr. Phillips' salary.
3d. That this town will raise, by a tax, a sum equal to the sum allotted to this town, of the common school fund, and that the supervisor of this town be hereby directed to levy on the said town at the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the sum required by the act entitled an act for the support of common schools, passed the 19th of June, 1812, to entitle this town to its proportion of the interest of said fund to be distributed.
4th. That if any person or persons shall keep any flock of sheep, or suffer their sheep to be on the commons of this town after the twentieth day of this month until the twentieth day of March next, all such sheep shall be liable to be im- pounded, and the owner or owners of all such sheep shall pay
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one shilling for each sheep so impounded, Wainscott flock excepted, and that to be under the care of a shepherd to be approved of by the trustees of this town.
5th. That all horses and neat cattle that shall be found grazing or running at large on Napeague, or on the beach on the south side, from the hither end of Montauk to the western bounds of this town, at any time between the sixth of May and the twelfth day of September next, ensuing shall be liable to be impounded, the owner or owners to pay fifty cents for each horse or neat beast so impounded.
6th. That if any person or persons shall cart (with any one or more teams) more than two loads of seaweed or sea-drift from the beach in this town called Long Beach on any one day and those to be carted between sunrise and sunset, he, she or they so offending shall forfeit the sum of five dollars to be recovered with costs of suit in any court having cog- nizance of the same, the one half of which forfeiture, when recovered, to be applied to the use of the poor of this town, the other half to the person who shall prosecute for the same.
7th. Voted that Jonathan S. Conklin and Abraham Parsons be a committee to examine the records of this town and lay the same before the trustees of the said town, for their opin- ion respecting the propriety of transcribing the said records, or making an index to them in order that they may be more easily comprehended.
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